Professor Samantha Keogh

COSI Research Group Co-Lead

Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)

Background

• Samantha Keogh is a critical care nurse (adult and paediatric), an established researcher and Professor of Nursing with QUT. She is passionate about advancing the professionalism and science of nursing, and demonstrating its’ impact in modern healthcare. Professor Keogh is a Senior Researcher with the Centre for Healthcare Transformation (CHT) and Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research (AVATAR). Her research interests are centred on optimising patient safety and outcomes in acute and critical care research, with a focus on reducing vascular access complications and iatrogenic anaemia, as well as improving medication safety and pain management. Professor Keogh supervises higher degree research students, is an external examiner for a number of Australian Universities and peer reviewer for several professional journals. Professor Keogh is the immediate Past President (2015-2019) of the Australian Vascular Access Society (AVAS), sits on the Research Advisory Panel of the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), the Impact and Implementation Reference Group with the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) and Australasian Nursing and Midwifery Clinical Trials Network (ANMCTN).
• Media Trial to test new catheter design. https://www.hospitalhealth.com.au/content/clinical-services/news/trial-to-test-new-catheter-design-867676263#axzz6dpi5yUDU
• Media https://youtu.be/mbDnoV1d3Qk (AVATAR film Let's make vascular access complications history)
• Media ABC Radio National 2 May 2016.  http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/poor-iv-treatment-costs-australia's-health-system-$700/7375318 Report about Australia's failure to adopt world best-practice for the most common invasive medical procedure, intravenous treatments, placing some of the nation's sickest patients under greater stress. Click on Download audio
• Listen to interview on May 5 2016 http://tunein.com/radio/Nursing-Review-p772594/ http://www.nursingreview.com.au/2016/05/event-explores-best-practice-use-of-vascular-access-devices/

Project highlights

Publications

• Eckert M, Rickard CM, Forsythe D, Baird K, Finn J, Gilkison A, Gray R, Home CSE, Middleton S, Neville S, Whitehead L, Keogh S. (2022) Harnessing the nursing and midwifery workforce to boost Australia's clinical research impact. Medical Journal of Australia DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51758
• Doyle BJ, Kelsey LJ, Shelverton C, …Keogh, S. (2022) Design, development and preliminary assessment in a porcine model of a novel peripheral intravenous catheter aimed at reducing early failure rates. The Journal of Vascular Access. accpeteddoi:10.1177/11297298221127760
• Keogh S, Hawthorn A, Shibeeb S, Gurney L, Pennell E, Sabapathy S, Rickard CM, Bulmer AB. (2022) Impact of Different Flushing Frequencies on Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Failure, Coagulation, and Tissue Injury—A Counterbalanced Preclinical Human Trial. JAVA 27(2):9-29 DOI: 10.2309/JAVA-D-22-00006
• Doyle B, Kelsey L, Carr P, Bulmer AB, Keogh S. (2021) Determining an Appropriate To-Keep-Vein-Open (TKVO) Infusion Rate for Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Usage. JAVA 26(2):13-20 DOI: 10.2309/JAVA-D-21-00006
• S Keogh, J Flynn, C Shelverton, N Marsh, G Mihala, K Davies, C Rickard. (2020) Implementation and evaluation of peripheral intravascular catheter flushing guidelines: A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomised Trial. BMC Medicine 18: 252 doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01728-1
• E Slaughter, K Kynoch, M Brobribb, S Keogh (2020) As systematic review of recent studies evaluating the impact of central venous catheter design and materials on thrombosis. Worldviews on Evidence Based Nursing https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12472
• F Indarwati, S Mathew, J Munday S Keogh (2019) Incidence of peripheral intravenous catheter failure and complications in paediatric patients: systematic review and meta analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studiesorg/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.103488
• Piper S, Carr PJ, Kelsey LK, Bulmer AB, Keogh SJ, Doyle BJ (2018) Towards a better understanding of the mechanistic causes of peripheral intravenous catheter failure: a parametric computational study. Scientific Reports – Nature 8:3441 doi:10.1038/s41598-018-21617-1.

Grants

2022

NHMRC Partnership Project. $1,1145,483. implementing Guidelines for hypothermia prevention with Local adaptation to keep periOperative patients (The GLOW trial.) Warm Munday, J., Duff, J., Wood, F. M., Sturgess, D. J., Keogh, S., Ralph, N., White, N., Carter, H., Graham, I., Gillespie, B., Ramis, M., Kynoch, K., Osborne, S., Kearney, A., Murgo, M., Melville, R., Wyssusek, K., Woods, C. & Fernandes, N.

2021

2021 CCQ/UQ Accelerating Collaborative Research Grant $2M Preventing adverse events during paediatric cancer treatment: A multi-site hybrid randomised controlled trial of catheter lock solutions. CIs: A Ullman, A Moore, A Irwin, R Ware, J Byrnes, N Bradford, S Keogh, P Kleidon, R Edwards, J Roy

2020

MNHHS CRG $50,000 Medication Administration Evaluation and Feedback Tool (MAEFT):  A pilot stepped wedge clustered randomised trial CIs: K Davies, K Hay, K Whitfield, K Chippindall. AIs: P Donovan, S Keogh, K Losinski, P Jarrett, C Booker

2019

MNHHS CRG $50,000 Standard versUs peRForated peripheral intravenous catheters. Micro-SURF: A pilot RCT. N Gavin, S Keogh, L Marquart, N Marsh, M Totsika, C Saxby

2018

ACSQHC $22,000 A review of guidelines and recent trial research in peripheral intravenous catheters. S Keogh, S Matthew et al for the Australian Vascular Access Society

RBWH Foundation Research Grant $40,000. Evaluation of a closed loop-blood sampling system in the intensive care: a pilot randomised controlled trial. The ENCLOSE trial. F Coyer, J Dhanani, S Keogh, F Huygens, S Parker

2017

QUT School of Nursing & IHBI $9,000 Perioperative hypothermia prevention: barriers and facilitators to best practice. J Munday, S Keogh

2016

Cancer Council Qld $200,000. Prevention of Central Venous Catheter Infection and Occulsion by Needless Connector Design and Disinfection in haematology-Oncology Patients. L Zhang, C Rickard, J Webster, M Cooke, P Mollee, G Playford, V Chopra, A McCarthy, S Keogh, C Mervin.

National Blood Authority $49,162. D Long, C Stocker, F MacFarlane, S Keogh (CIs). Zhang L, Mervin C, Ullman U (AIs). Evaluation of a closed loop-blood sampling system in critically ill children undergoing cardiac surgery: a pilot randomised controlled trial.

2015

NHMRC Project Grant. APP1098757. 2016-2019. $1,101,717.35. Peripherally InSerted Central catheter Securement: the PISCES Trial.  CM Rickard, J Webster, R Chan, P Mollee, EG Playford, L Zhang, S Keogh, A Hallahan, E Alexandrou. (CIs). A Ullman, D McMillan, D Paterson, M McGrail, M Mervin, N Gavin, V Chopra. (AIs).

Queensland Health Nursing and Midwifery Research Fellowship $120,000. The FLiP Study: Flushing in Peripheral Intravenous Catheters. Optimising PIVC patency through implementation of best flushing practice. S Keogh, J Flynn, K Davies, C Booker, C Rickard.

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